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    • 2D nanoporous membrane for cation removal from water : effects of ionic valence, membrane hydrophobicity, and pore size 

      Köhler, Mateus Henrique; Bordin, José Rafael; Barbosa, Marcia Cristina Bernardes (2018) [Artículo de periódico]
      Using molecular dynamic simulations, we show that single-layers of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and graphene can effectively reject ions and allow high water permeability. Solutions of water and three cations with different ...
    • An iterative, fast, linear-scaling method for computing induced charges on arbitrary dielectric boundaries 

      Tyagi, Sandeep; Süzen, Mehmet; Sega, Marcello; Barbosa, Marcia Cristina Bernardes; Kantorovich, Sofia; Holm, Christian (2010) [Artículo de periódico]
      Simulating coarse-grained models of charged soft-condensed matter systems in presence of dielectric discontinuities between different media requires an efficient calculation of polarization effects. This is almost always ...
    • Anomalies in a waterlike model confined between plates 

      Krott, Leandro Batirolla; Barbosa, Marcia Cristina Bernardes (2013) [Artículo de periódico]
      Using molecular dynamic simulations we study a waterlike model confined between two fixed hydrophobic plates. The system is tested for density, diffusion, and structural anomalous behavior and compared with the bulk results. ...
    • Atmospheric water harvesting using functionalized carbon nanocones 

      Leivas, Fernanda Rodrigues; Barbosa, Marcia Cristina Bernardes (2023) [Artículo de periódico]
      In this work, we propose a method to harvest liquid water from water vapor using carbon nanocones. The condensation occurs due to the presence of hydrophilic sites at the nanocone entrance. The functionalization, together ...
    • Atomic model and micelle dynamics of QS-21 saponin 

      Pedebos, Conrado; Fachin, Laércio Pol; Pons, Ramon; Teixeira, Cilâine Verônica; Verli, Hugo (2014) [Artículo de periódico]
      QS-21 is a saponin extracted from Quillaja saponaria, widely investigated as a vaccine immunoadjuvant. However, QS-21 use is mainly limited by its chemical instability, significant variety in molecular composition and low ...
    • Confinement effects of ion tracks in ultrathin polymer films 

      Papaleo, Ricardo Meurer; Thomaz, R.S.; Gutierres, L.I.; Menezes, Vivian Machado de; Severin, D.; Trautmann, C.; Tramontina, Diego; Bringa, Eduardo Marcial; Grande, Pedro Luis (2015) [Artículo de periódico]
      We show direct experimental evidence that radiation effects produced by single MeV heavy ions on a polymer surface are weakened when the length of the ion track in the material is confined into layers of a few tens of ...
    • Core-softened fluids, water-like anomalies, and the liquid-liquid critical points 

      Torres, Evy Augusto Salcedo; Oliveira, Alan Barros de; Barraz Junior, Ney Marçal; Chakravarty, Charusita; Barbosa, Marcia Cristina Bernardes (2011) [Artículo de periódico]
      Molecular dynamics simulations are used to examine the relationship between water-like anomalies and the liquid-liquid critical point in a family of model fluids with multi-Gaussian, core-softened pair interactions. The ...
    • Crystal structure of 5-O-benzoyl-2,3-O-isopropylidene- D-ribono-1,4-lactone 

      Bortoluzzi, Adailton João; Silveira, Gustavo Pozza; Sá, Marcus Mandolesi (2017) [Artículo de periódico]
      In the title compound, C15H16O6, obtained from the acylation reaction between 2,3-O-isopropylidene-d-ribono-1,4-lactone and benzoyl chloride, the known absolute configuration for the lactone moiety of the ester substituent ...
    • Density anomaly in water-alcohol mixtures : minimum model for structure makers and breakers 

      Habitzreuter, Marco Antônio; Barbosa, Marcia Cristina Bernardes (2023) [Artículo de periódico]
      We modeled the change in the temperature of maximum density (TMD) of a waterlike solvent when small amounts of solute are added to the mixture. The solvent is modeled as a two length scales potential, which is known to ...
    • Diffusion enhancement in core-softened fluid confined in nanotubes 

      Bordin, José Rafael; Oliveira, Alan Barros de; Diehl, Alexandre; Barbosa, Marcia Cristina Bernardes (2012) [Artículo de periódico]
      We study the effect of confinement in the dynamical behavior of a core-softened fluid. The fluid is modeled as a two length scales potential. This potential in the bulk reproduces the anomalous behavior observed in the ...
    • Distance between inherent structures and the influence of saddles on approaching the mode coupling transition in a simple glass former 

      Fabricius, Gabriel; Stariolo, Daniel Adrian (2002) [Artículo de periódico]
      We analyze through molecular dynamics simulations of a Lennard-Jones (LJ) binary mixture the statistics of the distances between inherent structures sampled at temperatures above the mode coupling transition temperature ...
    • Dynamical aspects of supercooled TIP3P–water in the grooves of DNA 

      Santos, Maike Antonio Faustino dos; Habitzreuter, Marco Antônio; Schwade, Marcelo Henrique; Borrasca Neto, Rubens; Antonacci, Matheus Brisola; Gonzatti, Guilherme Kilpp; Netz, Paulo Augusto; Barbosa, Marcia Cristina Bernardes (2019) [Artículo de periódico]
      We investigate by molecular dynamics simulations the mobility of the water located at the DNA minor and major grooves. We employ the TIP3P water model, and our system is analyzed for a range of temperatures 190–300 K. For ...
    • Dynamic transitions in a three dimensional associating lattice gas model 

      Szortyka, Marcia Martins; Girardi, Mauricio; Henriques, Vera Bohomoletz; Barbosa, Marcia Cristina Bernardes (2010) [Artículo de periódico]
      We investigate the thermodynamic and dynamic properties of a three dimensional associating lattice gas (ALG) model through Monte Carlo simulations. The ALG model combines a soft core potential and orientational degrees of ...
    • Effective charge of colloidal particles 

      Diehl, Alexandre; Levin, Yan (2004) [Artículo de periódico]
      A new dynamical definition of the effective colloidal charge, especially suitable for the Monte Carlo and Molecular-dynamics simulations, is proposed. It is shown that for aqueous colloidal suspensions containing monovalent ...
    • Effect of dielectric discontinuity on a spherical polyelectrolyte brush 

      Tergolina, Vinicius Beltram; Santos, Alexandre Pereira dos (2017) [Artículo de periódico]
      In this paper we perform molecular dynamics simulations of a spherical polyelectrolyte brush and counterions in a salt-free medium. The dielectric discontinuity on the grafted nanoparticle surface is taken into account by ...
    • Effects of confinement on anomalies and phase transitions of core-softened fluids 

      Krott, Leandro Batirolla; Bordin, José Rafael; Barraz Junior, Ney Marçal; Barbosa, Marcia Cristina Bernardes (2015) [Artículo de periódico]
      We use molecular dynamics simulations to study how the confinement affects the dynamic, thermodynamic, and structural properties of a confined anomalous fluid. The fluid is modeled using an effective pair potential derived ...
    • Effects of electrostatic coupling and surface polarization on polyelectrolyte brush structure 

      Telles, Igor Morais; Arfan, Muhammad; Santos, Alexandre Pereira dos (2023) [Artículo de periódico]
      In this work, we perform molecular dynamics simulations to study a spherical polyelectrolyte brush. We explore the effects of surface polarization and electrostatic coupling on brush size and distribution of counterions. ...
    • Effects of the attractive interactions in the thermodynamic, dynamic, and structural anomalies of a two length scale potential 

      Silva, Jonathas Nunes da; Torres, Evy Augusto Salcedo; Oliveira, Alan Barros de; Barbosa, Marcia Cristina Bernardes (2010) [Artículo de periódico]
      Using molecular dynamic simulations, we study a system of particles interacting through a continuous core-softened potentials consisting of a hard core, a shoulder at closest distances, and an attractive well at further ...
    • Electronic versus phononic friction of xenon on silver 

      Liebsch, Ansgar; Goncalves, Sebastian; Kiwi, Miguel (1999) [Artículo de periódico]
      Molecular dynamics simulations of a Xe monolayer sliding on Ag(001) and Ag(111) are carried out in order to ascertain the microscopic origin of friction. For several values of the electronic contribution to the friction ...
    • Energy transport in the presence of long-range interactions 

      Bagchi, Debarshee (2017) [Artículo de periódico]
      We study energy transport in the paradigmatic Hamiltonian mean-field (HMF) model and other related longrange interacting models using molecular dynamics simulations. We show that energy diffusion in the HMF model is ...